Re: [CentOS] Self-signed certificates

On Monday 23 January 2006 05:44 pm, Thomas E Dukes wrote:

I'm not trying to be cheap but this is a crock! 128 bit is 128 bit! Browsers should be able to recognize the encryption method, not the name. I mean, that's what its all about.

Hmmmm... You've lost me again <frown>.

If you mean cert distributors, you can buy certs for about $10 from GoDaddy, and yes, browsers recognize them.

If you mean the browser should recognize the cert as a cert and not care about the name it's issued for, that can't work because the purpose of a cert is to guarantee you're talking to whom you think you're talking to. So the domain name has to be in there.

Jeff